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CVE-2023-3825

PTC’s KEPServerEX Versions 6.0 to 6.14.263 are vulnerable to being made to read a recursively defined object that lead

PTC’s KEPServerEX Versions 6.0 to 6.14.263 are vulnerable to being made to read a recursively defined object that leads to uncontrolled resource consumption. KEPServerEX uses OPC UA, a protocol which defines various object types that can be nested to create complex arrays. It does not implement a check to see if such an object is recursively defined, so an attack could send a maliciously created message that the decoder would try to decode until the stack overflowed and the device crashed.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00107
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

1
kepware kepserverex>= 6.0.0 and <= 6.14.263

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD31 Jul 2023 · 11:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

2
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2023-icsa-23-208-02
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2025-icsa-25-030-04
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-208-02Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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